PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Shamrock (ranked 8 p4p, 2 weight class) and Dieter Schmidt (ranked 122 p4p, 17 weight class). Shamrock comes to the cage accompanied by One Winged Angel by The Black Mages. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shamrock
vs
Schmidt

170 cm
31
148 lbs
24 - 3 - 0

176 cm
32
166 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Kimura Klothing
THE END 32

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dieter Schmidt!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. Schmidt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schmidt. That did some damage!
Shamrock has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
An inside leg kick from Schmidt misses.
Schmidt misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
Schmidt lands with a good body shot.
Nice defenses there by Schmidt.
Shamrock cracks the inside of Schmidt's front leg.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shamrock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schmidt takes one to the side of the head.
Shamrock scores with a nice right hand.
Shamrock throws out a leg kick but Schmidt moves out of range and Shamrock only half commits.
Schmidt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shamrock.
Schmidt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Schmidt lands a nice looking body kick.
Shamrock blocks a low kick nicely.
Schmidt throws a low kick, looking for Shamrock's leg but Shamrock calmly moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock scores with a body shot.
Shamrock throws a leg kick which misses Schmidt's front leg but catches the back leg as Schmidt tries to avoid it.
Shamrock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Schmidt's hands.
Schmidt throws a low kick but Shamrock moves out of range easily.
Schmidt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock blocks a head kick by Schmidt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Schmidt slams his shin into Shamrock's torso.
Shamrock scores with a jab. Schmidt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Schmidt bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Schmidt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamrock lands with a shot to the body.
Shamrock cracks Schmidt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a body shot but no joy.
Schmidt throws out a loose jab but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schmidt thows a leg kick but Shamrock checks it
and Shamrock counters with a straight right hand.
Shamrock comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shamrock swings for the body but Schmidt moves out of range.
Schmidt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Schmidt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schmidt manages to avoid it.
Schmidt appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Schmidt avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a jab when Schmidt was well out of range.
Schmidt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Nick Shamrock has been cut.
Shamrock tries to work over Schmidt's front leg with a kick but Schmidt checks it.
Shamrock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Shamrock half committed to a counter leg kick.
Shamrock throws the left hand but Schmidt avoids the punch easily.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt scores with a jab. Shamrock acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Schmidt throws a wild body kick that Shamrock sees coming a mile off.
Shamrock throwing a counter right hand but Schmidt manages to avoid it.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch but Schmidt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shamrock lands with a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Schmidt misses.
Shamrock lands with a shot to the body.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch but Schmidt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shamrock misses with a body shot.
Shamrock misses with a body shot.
Schmidt jabs Shamrock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shamrock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shamrock checks a leg kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Schmidt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shamrock thumps Schmidt with a low kick.
Schmidt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shamrock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shamrock checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Schmidt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shamrock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Shamrock scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick from Schmidt misses.
Shamrock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A nice leg kick lands there from Schmidt.
Shamrock avoids the head kick by Schmidt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schmidt. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schmidt throws a wild body kick that Shamrock sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Shamrock does it's job there.
Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Schmidt.
Shamrock tried to counter with a leg kick but Schmidt avoided it.
A head kick misses from Schmidt.
An attempted straight right counter from Shamrock misses the target.
Shamrock misses with a low kick.
Schmidt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab by Schmidt.
Shamrock just misses with a punch to the body.
Shamrock blocks a low kick nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shamrock. That's going to slow Schmidt down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Schmidt throws out the jab.
Schmidt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shamrock.
Schmidt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Shamrock tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock scores with a crisp jab that stopped Schmidt in his tracks.
Schmidt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shamrock.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Schmidt moves out of range of the strikes.
Schmidt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shamrock is out of range.
Schmidt misses with a low kick as Shamrock jumps back.
Shamrock was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses.
Schmidt avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Schmidt.
Shamrock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Schmidt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shamrock motions for Schmidt to come forward. Shamrock throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shamrock. That did some damage!
Schmidt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schmidt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shamrock avoids a kick to the body.
Schmidt blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock takes a swing at Schmidt's ribcage but misses.
Schmidt looks to land a body kick but Shamrock moved away.
Good work by Shamrock as he checks the leg kick.
Nice body punch from Schmidt.
Shamrock getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good shot there by Shamrock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Schmidt throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shamrock takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Shamrock fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Schmidt on the side of the head.
Schmidt scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Shamrock misses.
Schmidt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shamrock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Schmidt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Schmidt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shamrock.
Shamrock on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Schmidt. Schmidt obviously looking to wear him down.
Schmidt lands with an uppercut that bounces Shamrock off the cage and back into range.
Shamrock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schmidt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shamrock.
Schmidt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shamrock connects with a single shot there.
Shamrock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Shamrock finds it's way through Schmidt's defenses.
Shamrock connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Schmidt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A leg kick checked by Shamrock.
Schmidt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Schmidt's hands.
Shamrock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Schmidt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Schmidt throws a front kick aimed at Shamrock's knee but Shamrock avoids it well.
Schmidt defending well as Shamrock loads up on a big left hand.
Schmidt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Schmidt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Schmidt.
Shamrock moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shamrock's jab looks to have found its range, popping Schmidt under the eye.
Nice uppercut lands for Shamrock. That snapped Schmidt's head back.
Schmidt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Schmidt slips under a jab.
Shamrock thumps Schmidt with a low kick.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schmidt.
Schmidt moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schmidt motions for Shamrock to come forward. Schmidt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schmidt can do to turn this around?
Shamrock tries a low kick but Schmidt avoids it.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schmidt.
Schmidt misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Shamrock jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. Schmidt moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Schmidt misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Shamrock here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Shamrock connects with a body shot that sends Schmidt's belly button to the back.
Schmidt looks for the body kick but Shamrock saw that one coming.
Shamrock connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Schmidt momentarily.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses.
Shamrock connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Schmidt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Schmidt misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Shamrock misses.
A little jabbing left from Schmidt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shamrock throws a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Schmidt might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Shamrock has got the better of the exchanges.
Schmidt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schmidt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Schmidt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shamrock to score with a decent uppercut.
Schmidt has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Shamrock lands a right hook to the body.
Shamrock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schmidt manages to avoid it.
Shamrock checks a low kick from Schmidt.
It looked like Shamrock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Schmidt thows a leg kick but Shamrock checks it
and Shamrock counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock swings for the body but Schmidt moves out of range.
Shamrock throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schmidt looks to throw a body kick
and Shamrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shamrock blocks the body kick.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Schmidt.
Shamrock throwing a counter right hand but Schmidt manages to avoid it.
Schmidt checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Schmidt moves out of range.
Schmidt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shamrock lands a right hook to the body.
Schmidt looks for the body kick but Shamrock saw that one coming.
Shamrock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Schmidt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Schmidt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schmidt takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Schmidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock lands a nice shot to the body.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schmidt moves away.
Shamrock's corner calls for a 1-2. Shamrock obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Schmidt throws a hook to the side of Shamrock's head but Shamrock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut. Schmidt saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmidt drops his hands momentarily and Shamrock takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shamrock connects with a body shot that sends Schmidt's belly button to the back.
Shamrock tries to land a leg kick but Schmidt saw it coming and moves away.
Shamrock scores with a leg kick.
Schmidt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Shamrock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Schmidt checks a leg kick nicely.
Shamrock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schmidt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shamrock can pounce on him.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Schmidt lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shamrock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shamrock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Schmidt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Shamrock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Schmidt throws a lazy body kick
and Shamrock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock misses with a looping left.
Shamrock wants to slow Schmidt down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice defenses there by Shamrock.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shamrock throws a leg kick but Schmidt sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Schmidt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shamrock.
Schmidt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Schmidt throws a sloppy head kick and Shamrock moves out of range easily.
Shamrock throws out a loose jab but Schmidt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schmidt.
Shamrock is looking to clinch but Schmidt is avoiding it.
Shamrock checks the leg kick nicely there.
A good leg kick by Shamrock.
A punch lands to the side of Schmidt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Schmidt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Schmidt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Shamrock appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Schmidt misses with a low kick.
Shamrock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Schmidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmidt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shamrock can pounce on him.
Nick Shamrock is winning the standup battle so far.
Schmidt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Schmidt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Shamrock throws a series of punches but Schmidt moves out of range.
Schmidt staying out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Schmidt misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmidt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Shamrock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shamrock lands a slapping body shot.
Schmidt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shamrock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Schmidt lands a nice looking body kick.
Schmidt swings for the body but Shamrock moves out of range.
Schmidt looks to throw a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Schmidt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Schmidt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Schmidt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shamrock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Schmidt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Schmidt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock swings for the body but Schmidt moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamrock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Schmidt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Schmidt feints a counter leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Schmidt moves out of range.
Schmidt checks a leg kick nicely.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Schmidt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shamrock. That's going to slow Schmidt down.
Schmidt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shamrock's calf.
Schmidt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamrock was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Schmidt scores with a leg kick.
Shamrock scores with the left hand. Schmidt knows he should have avoided that one.
Schmidt feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shamrock's calf.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schmidt checks a leg kick.
Schmidt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Schmidt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Shamrock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Schmidt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shamrock throws out the jab.
Good leg kick by Shamrock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schmidt lands a nice hook to Shamrock's body. Shamrock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shamrock's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Schmidt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shamrock scrambles back to his feet.
Schmidt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Shamrock tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Schmidt motions for Shamrock to come forward. Schmidt throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Schmidt.
Shamrock moves out of range of the leg kick from Schmidt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Schmidt.
Nice shot by Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a body punch but Schmidt moves out of range.
Shamrock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schmidt blocks a jab.
Shamrock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Schmidt's hands.
Donk. Schmidt catches Shamrock right on the button with a cross.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Schmidt slips the punch.
Schmidt misses the shot to the body.
Shamrock darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Shamrock just misses with a punch to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Shamrock as he connects with a hook.
Schmidt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shamrock.
Schmidt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Schmidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock moves out of range as Schmidt throws a body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Shamrock blocks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schmidt walks into a straight right hand from Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a leg kick but Schmidt moved away.
Shamrock lands a jab to the nose.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schmidt moves away.
Schmidt delivers a nice body kick.
Schmidt cracks Shamrock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Shamrock misses with a low kick.
Schmidt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good leg kick by Shamrock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Schmidt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamrock throws a shot to the body.
Schmidt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shamrock to score with a decent uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Schmidt there.
Shamrock getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock scores with a jab.
Schmidt checks a low kick from Shamrock.
Schmidt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schmidt checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shamrock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Schmidt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shamrock with a nice cross.
Shamrock lands a nice shot to the body.
Shamrock takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice uppercut there from Shamrock.
Shamrock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Schmidt stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shamrock.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Schmidt slips the punch.
Shamrock scoring well with a low kick there.
Shamrock's corner calls for a 1-2. Shamrock obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shamrock throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schmidt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schmidt was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Schmidt tried to score with a low kick but Shamrock checks it.
Shamrock stuns Schmidt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Schmidt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shamrock appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock misses the shot to the body.
Schmidt connects with a nice looking jab.
Shamrock connects with a body shot.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schmidt was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
Schmidt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shamrock is able to avoid easily.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Schmidt is out of range.
Schmidt throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Schmidt throws a hook but Shamrock avoids it easily.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shamrock lunges at Schmidt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Schmidt's hand.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but Schmidt moved out of range.
Schmidt only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Shamrock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A slow jab from Shamrock misses its intended target.
Shamrock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Schmidt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Shamrock as he jumps to the side.
Schmidt looks to land a body kick but Shamrock moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shamrock scores with a nice strike.
Schmidt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Shamrock sees it coming and moves out of range.
Schmidt uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shamrock has time to react.
Schmidt throws a low kick, looking for Shamrock's leg but Shamrock calmly moves out of range.
Schmidt scores with a sloppy right hand. Shamrock should have avoided that one.
Shamrock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Shamrock connects with a body shot.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Schmidt moves out of range as Shamrock strikes.
Schmidt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shamrock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Schmidt has time to react.
Shamrock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Shamrock connects with a solid leg kick.
Shamrock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Schmidt throws a poor cross that misses
and Shamrock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shamrock.
Schmidt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schmidt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shamrock was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shamrock throws an overhand right that lands on Schmidt's shoulder, as Schmidt tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Schmidt.
Good shot there by Schmidt.
Schmidt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Schmidt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Schmidt misses with a wild body shot.
Schmidt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shamrock scores with a punch to the head.
Shamrock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A big right from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shamrock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Schmidt tries to land a leg kick but Shamrock saw it coming and moves away.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Shamrock sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shamrock swings for the body but Schmidt moves out of range.
Schmidt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shamrock.
Both fighters circling a little - Schmidt finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock misses with a looping left.
Shamrock takes one to the side of the head.
Shamrock cracks Schmidt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Schmidt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shamrock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Schmidt manages to avoid it.
Schmidt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schmidt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shamrock looks to score with a jab to the body but Schmidt is just out of range.
Schmidt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shamrock's sensitive parts.
Shamrock has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schmidt finds it's way round the side to connect with Shamrock's head.
Shamrock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Schmidt misses with a low kick as Shamrock jumps back.
Jab by Schmidt.
Shamrock will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Shamrock tries to move into range but Schmidt moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Schmidt.
Schmidt throws a big shot that misses.
Schmidt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shamrock walks forward, straight into a front kick from Schmidt.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schmidt.
Schmidt appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Shamrock had his way with Dieter Schmidt in that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Shamrock's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Schmidt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shamrock can pounce on him.
Schmidt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but Schmidt is out of range.
Shamrock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shamrock throws a lazy right hand but Schmidt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Shamrock clinches with his opponent.
Schmidt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Shamrock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schmidt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Schmidt tries to score a body lock takedown but Shamrock shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nick Shamrock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dieter Schmidt.
Shamrock lands a hook that snaps the head of Schmidt backwards.
Shamrock is working Schmidt over against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Shamrock.
Shamrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schmidt tries to break free but Shamrock pushes him back against the cage.
Shamrock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Schmidt is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
Schmidt jumps guard but Shamrock stands there with Schmidt around his waist. Schmidt gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Schmidt drags the fight down to the ground.
Schmidt has a closed guard, preventing Shamrock from standing up.

Shamrock stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Schmidt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Schmidt misses the target.
Shamrock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shamrock connects with a solid leg kick.
Shamrock lunges at Schmidt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Schmidt's hand.
Nice body punch from Shamrock.
Nice defenses there by Schmidt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock jabs Schmidt to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Schmidt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shamrock lands a nice shot to the body.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Schmidt blocks a jab.
Schmidt misses with a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Schmidt.
Jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
And Schmidt responds with a good body kick, but Shamrock manages to step out the way in time.
Shamrock scores with the left hand. Schmidt knows he should have avoided that one.
Schmidt misses with a low kick as Shamrock jumps back.
Shamrock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock avoids a kick to the body.
Schmidt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shamrock.
Schmidt throws out a leg kick but Shamrock moves out of range and Schmidt only half commits.
An attempted straight right counter from Shamrock misses the target.
Schmidt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shamrock to score with a decent uppercut.
Shamrock connects with a jab.
Schmidt throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a jab.
Schmidt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Schmidt moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Schmidt. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Schmidt throws a leg kick but Shamrock moved away.
Shamrock swings for the body but Schmidt moves out of range.
Schmidt scores with a leg kick.
Schmidt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Schmidt blocks a jab.
Schmidt flicks out a counter leg kick but Shamrock steps away.
Shamrock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Schmidt. That did some damage!
Schmidt throws a looping overhand right but Shamrock ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schmidt was well out of range. Poor timing from Shamrock.
Schmidt flicks out a counter leg kick but Shamrock steps away.
Shamrock throws out a loose jab but Schmidt uses good head movement to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Schmidt misses.
Shamrock just misses with a punch to the body.
Schmidt jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock defending well as Schmidt loads up on a big left hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Schmidt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Shamrock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schmidt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Shamrock lands a leg kick that knocks Schmidt off balance momentarily.
Dieter Schmidt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock clobbers Schmidt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Schmidt throws a body kick that misses.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schmidt.
Shamrock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Schmidt doesn't seem bothered though.
Schmidt misses with a body kick.
Schmidt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Schmidt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Schmidt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shamrock throws a big counter combination but Schmidt scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Shamrock misses with a looping right.
Schmidt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Shamrock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shamrock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 50:45
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Shamrock!
Nick Shamrock retains his lightweight title!
Nick Shamrock decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.